How the Modi govt plans to usher in acche din

How the Modi govt plans to usher in acche din

Even as the ease of doing business in India and spreading the red carpet for investors are on top of its agenda, the Narendra Modi government is also learnt to be brainstorming on ways to simplify the day-to-day transactions that an ordinary Indian goes through.

The focus is on the ease of living and making rather simple the tasks that currently look uphill.

In what appeared an indication of things to come, the Prime Minister on Saturday inaugurated MyGov, a portal to directly engage with the citizens.

Clean India, job creation, girl child education, skilled India and clean Ganga are among the many heads under which ideas have been sought to achieve good governance.

How the Modi govt plans to usher in acche din

E-tendering, online complaint redress, self-attestation of documents, doing away with the need for first information reports to get a driving licence or any other identification card re-issued in cases of theft of loss, easier processes to buy mobile phone SIMs, minimising the role of notaries in official paper work, making school admission simpler with the option of shifts even in private schools and checking bribery and nepotism through vigilance and stringent punishments are among measures the Modi government is working on, according to a source close to the development.

Along with all that is the promise of better roads and infrastructure, at a time when the dearth of both is a stumbling block for the economy, industry as well as people across the country.

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Image: A man counts currency notes after withdrawing them from a bank.Photographs: Reuters

How the Modi govt plans to usher in acche din

Job creation and due weight to merit in hiring and equal opportunity in employment are among the other important areas that the Modi government is deliberating on, with the goal to address the concerns of the youth, who overwhelmingly backed the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The present government is alive to issues of the youth and is trying to assess their expectations, according to a bureaucrat.

The fact that the young of the country chose Modi over Rahul Gandhi -- the latter was identified more as a face for the youth – ‘poses a huge responsibility on the current government’, he said.

In fact, BJP’s election manifesto and the Modi government’s first Union Budget touched upon the idea of ease of living and job creation through measures on smart cities, start-up funds, skill development and houses for all.

Image: The present government is alive to issues of the youth and is trying to assess their expectations, according to a bureaucrat.Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters